Azim Premji

Rich in humility



At the turn of the millennium, Azim Premji was ranked the world's third
richest man, after Bill Gates and Warren Buffet-but he's still a man full of

humility. That he still flies economy class, when he could very well charter the

whole airplane, speaks volumes. But, that is how Premji is, preferring to avoid

media glare while Wipro sets blazing trends in India and abroad. A man who had

to leave his studies to attend to family business. The mild mannered billionaire's

company is a now a case study in many management colleges around the world. It

has indeed been a long and fruitful journey for both Premji and Wipro, though

Wipro's overall contribution can never be fully appreciated without looking at

the number of entrepreneurs it spawned off.